Seanad debates
Wednesday, 28 May 2003
Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
Another issue to which I wish to refer – I raised it on each occasion the House has discussed maternity protection since I became a Member and prior to that in the context of earlier maternity legislation – is the idea which some, obviously male, bureaucrats have that women can produce babies like boxes of chocolates at Christmas and on the correct date. It is absolutely appalling. These people are definitely not living in the real world. I wonder if their spouses or partners have ever had children, if they have ever been present at the birth of a child or if they know what is involved in terms of the delivery of children, who can be up to a fortnight or more late in arriving or who can be born prematurely. All sorts of things may happen.
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